diff --git a/roles/server/tasks/utilities/snmpd.yml b/roles/server/tasks/utilities/snmpd.yml
index e923dce..ecdf12a 100644
--- a/roles/server/tasks/utilities/snmpd.yml
+++ b/roles/server/tasks/utilities/snmpd.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
     validate: "visudo -cf %s"
   when: ansible_distribution in ["Debian", "Ubuntu"]
 
+- name: server | snmpd | create /etc/snmp
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/snmp"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+- name: server | snmpd | create /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf"
+    state: present
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+
 - name: server | snmpd | insert anchors to snmpd.conf
   blockinfile:
     path: "{{ snmpd_conf }}"